If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.

  • -- Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards 埃伦·亨丽埃塔吞下理查兹

如果你把羽毛好好涂上油,批评之水就会像鸭子背上的水一样流走。

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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

批评可能不令人愉快,但却是必要的。它在人体中具有与疼痛相同的功能。它引起人们对不健康状态的关注。

It's as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck.

看到一个女人哭就像看到一只光着脚的鸭子一样困难。

A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.

鸭子不会总是在同一条水沟里玩耍。

The covers of this book are too far apart.

这本书的封面相隔太远。